The purpose of this chapter is to provide control and administration of occupancy of density bonus apartments created under the multifamily portion of Chapter
60, Zoning, for special population categories.
The Town Board hereby establishes a Town Housing
Agency, which shall be responsible for the administration of the requirements
in the Town Code with regard to those apartments designated or restricted
in a multifamily development as a result of granting of density incentives
for low or moderate income occupancy, senior citizen occupancy, handicapped
occupancy or rental occupancy, as well as for the promulgation of
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement such requirements.
Until the establishment of such an agency, the Housing Advisory Committee
appointed by the Town Board shall be considered empowered to exercise
all the functions of such agency.
The density incentive apartments shall be physically
integrated into the design of the development in a manner satisfactory
to the Planning Board and shall be distributed among efficiency, one-,
two-, three- or four-bedroom apartments in the same proportion as
all other apartments in the development, unless a different proportion
is approved by the Planning Board as being better related to the housing
needs, current or projected, of the Town of New Castle. The Planning
Board shall refer all development proposals which include proposed
density incentive apartments to the Town Housing Agency for report
at least 30 days prior to taking any formal action with respect to
the approval or disapproval of such density incentive apartments.
The encumbrance on the density incentive apartments
shall be taken into consideration by the Town Assessor in determining
the full value basis for assessments on such units.
All certificates of occupancy issued for apartments which have been designated as density incentive apartments for low- or moderate-income families, senior citizens or handicapped persons shall be endorsed with a notation that occupancy of such apartments is conditioned upon continued compliance with the provisions of this chapter, Chapter
60, Zoning, and all regulations issued thereunder.